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Statements have continued to appear in the Press making allegations
as to the widespread existence of insanitary conditions and slum areas
in the borough. It is of great assistance to a Local Authority to have
an intelligent interest in sanitary matters taken by the inhabitants,
but the object is defeated when exaggerated statements are made. Some
of the statements appeared to be due to a misunderstanding of the facts
upon which the statements were based ; others to conscious and deliberate
exaggeration.